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Uranus

LUWD #0048 Plan It, Viewing the Seventh Planet

2020-12-01
By: Donald Machholz
On: December 1, 2020

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LUWD #0006 – A Comet Hunting Theory and the Messier Marathon Search Sequence

2020-02-10
By: Donald Machholz
On: February 10, 2020

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Strangest Comet Ever Found!

Comet 96P/Machholz "Strangest comet ever found," Bob Berman @Slooh @willgater Next perihelion: October 27, 2017 pic.twitter.com/UmkSYdQOQw

— Donald Machholz (@cometmachholz) August 1, 2017

Astronomy

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I Believe in Comets

Believing is what keeps this visual comet discoverer going. Don talks via Skype to Michigan astronomy enthusiasts at the Headlands International Dark Sky Park. Thanks @headlandsstars pic.twitter.com/oaAJ9mVOaL

— Donald Machholz (@cometmachholz) July 29, 2017

Comet Hunters Astronomers Explorers

Don Machholz, Rodney Austin, and Doug Berger in New Zealand for Halley’s Comet, April 1986
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David Levy, Jean Mueller, Don Machholz, Alan Hale
Media Comet Machholz Circa 2005
Don Machholz Circa 1985
IAU Comet Confirmation
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Podcast Host Don Machholz Circa 2020
Dave Seargent, Don Machholz, Patrick Stonehouse, Keith Tritton, Alan Hale, Doug Biesecker, George Alcock, Bill Liller, Michael Jäger, Kesao Takamizawa and Kazimieras Cernis
Howard Brewington and Don Machholz Circa 2015
Don Machholz and Jean Mueller
Don Machholz Circa 2012
Jill Tarter SETI and Don Machholz Circa 2010
Comet Discoverer Card Circa 1983
Dr Brian Marsden with Don Machholz at the location from where I found my second comet in 1985 Circa 1991

Homemade 29×130 Binoculars

The homemade binoculars I used to discover #96p, 2 deg S of M31. The song, “Against All Odds” by Phil Collins was playing on the radio.

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Messier Marathon Search Sequence

LUWD #0008 – Messier Marathon Search Sequence

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